{"id":2478,"date":"2007-03-08T21:20:18","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T04:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2021-01-27T23:18:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T06:18:43","slug":"age-dor-l-1930","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2478","title":{"rendered":"Age D&#8217;Or, L&#8217; (1930)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The impossible force that thrusts two people together, the impossibility of their ever becoming one.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Poster-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Poster-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Poster-93x128.jpg 93w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Poster.jpg 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA sexually voracious young couple (Gaston Modot and Lya Lys) are constantly interrupted as they try to make love.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Black Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Experimental Films<\/li>\n<li>Luis Bunuel Films<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Repression<\/li>\n<li>Surrealism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps the definitive surrealist classic, <em>L&#8217;Age D&#8217;Or<\/em> is, as Peary notes, a &#8220;devilishly hilarious affront to bourgeois society, clericalism, and morality, as well as to movie-audience complacency.&#8221; In his review, Peary &#8212; like most others (see links below) &#8212; lists many of the strange vignettes which make up this infamous film&#8217;s loosely woven plot; but the power of Bunuel and Dali&#8217;s &#8220;story&#8221; (their final collaboration together) ultimately lies in its visual impact, and thus these scenes should be seen rather than described one more time here. Bizarre imagery aside, when watching <em>L&#8217;Age D&#8217;Or<\/em> one is bearing witness to an essential piece of cinematic history: during the first few weeks of the movie&#8217;s release, outraged members of the League of Patriots and the Anti-Semitic League threw ink at the screen, while incensed patrons destroyed Surrealist art in the foyer; French censors eventually burned all existing prints, and the film was &#8220;denied a major U.S. release for 50 years.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> While Peary doesn&#8217;t list <em>Un Chien Andalou<\/em> (1929) in his <em>Guide for the Film Fanatic<\/em>, this short film &#8212; Bunuel and Dali&#8217;s first together &#8212; is an equally important piece of cinematic history, and should also be seen by all film fanatics. Along with <em>L&#8217;Age D&#8217;Or<\/em>, it may very well be the epitome of early subversive cinema. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many truly bizarre, darkly comedic  images<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still-1024x863.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"539\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still-1024x863.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still-128x108.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still-768x648.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still-320x270.png 320w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Still.png 1097w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The opening &#8220;scorpio sequence&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion-1024x875.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"547\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion-1024x875.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion-128x109.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion-768x656.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion-316x270.png 316w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/LAge-DOr-Scorpion.png 1085w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. This surreal classic must be seen to be appreciated, and merits multiple viewings. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Controversial Film<\/li>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0021577\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1964\/09\/22\/archives\/film-festival-all-bunuel1930-shocker-better-than-new-drama.html\">NY Times Revival Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1437dor.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/77593.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The impossible force that thrusts two people together, the impossibility of their ever becoming one.&#8221; Synopsis: A sexually voracious young couple (Gaston Modot and Lya Lys) are constantly interrupted as they try to make love. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Black Comedy Experimental Films Luis Bunuel Films Sexual Repression Surrealism Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Perhaps the definitive surrealist classic, L&#8217;Age D&#8217;Or is, as Peary notes, a &#8220;devilishly hilarious affront to bourgeois society, clericalism, and morality, as well as to movie-audience&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2478\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2478"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66509,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2478\/revisions\/66509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}